To say that the minimum 20-day holiday entitlement should be in addition to bank holidays is not an increase, it simply reflects what any reputable employer is providing already.
How many nurseries restrict their staff to 12 days' holiday a year in addition to bank holidays? What kind of morale or performance would you expect from people who are treated like that?
Isn't it about time we accepted that if a nursery can't exist without ripping off its staff with illegal pay and derisory holiday entitlements, its owners would be better off doing something else?
* Ross Midgley, director, Crocus Early Years Centre, Hempstead, Essex
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